South Africa: Oh, Boys! Oh, Boys!

South African soccer is in disgrace - and now the country's president, Thabo Mbeki, has compounded the indignities heaped upon the heads of players and administrators in recent… Read more »

South Africa: Mbeki Trumpets 'Age of Hope,' Outlines Steps to End Poverty

President Thabo Mbeki has proclaimed an "Age of Hope" in South Africa, in which economic growth is unparalleled and optimism high. At the same time he acknowledged serious problems… Read more »

Ghana: Minister Says the Future of the Private Sector in Ghana Is 'Beautiful'

Ghana's Minister for Private Sector Development and the President's Special Initiatives, Kwamena Bartels, discusses the role and importance of the private sector to Ghana's economy… Read more »

Africa: Anglican Church Announces Plans to Combat Poverty, Climate Change

International representatives of the Anglican Church meeting in South Africa today launched a global initiative to bring church members around the world together to fight poverty… Read more »

Botswana: Men Should Be Targeted in Aids Fight, Botswana Health Minister Says

The fight against the HIV/Aids epidemic in Africa goes well beyond lab rooms and hospital wards and involves social and political issues at all levels of society, particularly… Read more »

Africa: Africare Recognizes New Board Chairman

Africare welcomed new board chairman W. Frank Fountain and celebrated the achievements of outgoing chair George Dalley at a reception Thursday hosted by Africare, the Corporate… Read more »

Africa: Guinea and Tunisia Make It Into the Quarterfinals of CAN 2006

Guinea has joined Côte d'Ivoire and Cameroon in the quarterfinals of the 25th African Cup of Nations after recording their second win against an impressive Zambian team. Read more »

Liberia: "A New Heart for Our Nation" - Liberia Inaugural Sermon

Sermon Delivered on Sunday, January 15, 2006 at the Thanksgiving and Intercessory Service for the Inauguration of the New Government for the Republic of Liberia at First United… Read more »

Liberia: Text of Inaugural Address by President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia

Following is the text of the Inaugural Address, as delivered on Monday, January 16, on the Capitol grounds in Monrovia, by President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia. Read more »

Liberia: Liberians Welcome President's Pledge to Curb Corruption, Create Jobs

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf walked home today, through cheering, crying crowds that parted reluctantly as security officials cleared a path. Along the boulevard leading from the… Read more »

Africa: Grooving in the Diaspora: Soulfège Revives a Movement for Pan-African Renaissance

"Afro diasporic groovilicious funkidociousness" is how they describe their music, "A movement" is what they call their activism - and it's all for the love of Sweet Mama Africa.… Read more »

Uganda: Street Children Falling Through Cracks in Response to War and Aids

The small, dirty hands obsessively fold and refold a wrinkled shirt on the long conference table, as if checking to make sure it's still there, and this isn't a dream. Read more »

Liberia: Pledging 'Government of Inclusion', President-Elect Wants Liberians to' See Hope in Their Future'

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, a veteran development official and politician who scored an unexpected victory in Liberia's presidential run-off last month, is currently on a brief private… Read more »

Liberia: U.S. Reiterates Fairness of Liberia Election As Sirleaf Arrives for Top-Level Meetings in Washington

Elections in Liberia "were free and fair and the most successful in Liberia's history," a State Department official said Tuesday. "Any opposition allegations of… Read more »

Liberia: Liberia's Methodist Bishop Appeals to Church Member Weah to Accept Election Results

My Fellow Liberians, Brothers and Sisters of the Faith Community in Liberia, Our Young People, the Precious Jewels and Future Leaders of the Blessed Nation, Liberia: Read more »

Liberia: Showered With Enthusiasm, Liberia's President-Elect Receives High-Level Reception in Washington

Having beaten the odds to win (helped by some polls and a helicopter), Africa's first female elected president faces daunting challenges. Read more »

Africa: Pay Attention to Africa's Strategic Importance, Policy Panel Concludes

Africa has increasing strategic significance for the United States, an importance often overshadowed by a focus on humanitarian concerns, according to a report by a Task Force… Read more »

Africa: Zap Mama: A Journey Into Afro-European Music

Marie Dauln,leader singer of Zap Mama, strode onto the stage looking regal in 5-inch chunky heel gold glitter covered go-go boots, flowing purple robe with one side riding half-way… Read more »

Africa: Africa's Condom Conundrum: Fighting HIV in Africa

A controversy about preventing HIV/Aids - the most profound strategic threat to Africa's future - has been raging over the past year in Uganda, a country that registered one of the… Read more »

Africa: A Vital Weapon Against HIV/Aids

The worldwide destruction brought on by HIV/Aids cannot be overcome by an after-the-fact crisis management approach. We need a war mindset. The pandemic calls for a multi-pronged… Read more »

Senegal: Sufism and Religious Brotherhoods in Senegal

Sufism and Religious Brotherhoods in Senegal Read more »

Liberia: Completed Tally Confirms Ellen Johnson Sirleaf as Winner in Liberia

Liberia's National Election Commission (NEC) has released the completed tally of last week's presidential run-off showing Ellen Johnson Sirleaf with 59.4 and George Weah with 40.6… Read more »

Zambia: National Malaria Control Program Expands, Intensifies with Lift from New Partners

Although largely unnoticed in the developed world, malaria strikes 500 million people a year and kills nearly a million children younger than five, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa.… Read more »

Liberia: Sirleaf Holds on to Large Lead in Liberia Presidential Race

With 97 percent of all ballots counted, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is set to become the first woman to win a nationwide presidential election in Africa. Read more »

Liberia: As Results Pour In, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Maintains Lead in Liberia Election

With vote counting from Tuesday's run-off presidential elections proceeding faster than the first round on October 11, Liberians may learn by the end of the week who they have… Read more »